John Q

About John Q

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

John Q (2002) is a crime thriller film directed by Nick Cassavetes. Its themes are heart attack, hostage-taking, heart disease, and kidnapping.

Denzel Washington takes the lead as John Quincy Archibald, James Woods as Dr. Raymond Turner, Kimberly Elise as Denise Archibald, and Robert Duvall as Lt. Frank Grimes. It runs 116 minutes and was released in February 2002.

The screenplay is by James Kearns. Produced by Evolution Entertainment. It streams on Philo, Starz, and Starz Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Big Lebowski, Room, and Click make useful companions to John Q, all filed under hospital. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 2,750 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.